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Weak valueActiveTis The Season · $2 · Virginia Lottery
Tis The Season: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.22 on average.
▼ -5.5 pts vs launch#12 of 14 · $2 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM
▼ -5.5 pts vs launch#12 of 14 · $2 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM
Tis The Season is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 61.0%, down 5.5 percentage points from the launch value of 66.5%. 1 of the original 5 $15,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 72% of the 2.9M printed tickets have been sold.
61.0%
expected return
1 in 4.26
odds of any win
1 of 5
$15K top prizes left
72%
claimed · 2.1M of 2.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 193,019 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 58,733 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.22 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.20 · 60.1% of price
Mid prizes $15K
$0.02 · 0.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
193,018 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
72% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2025.
2.9M
tickets printed
2.1M
tickets claimed · 72%
822k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
28%
20% of top prizes remain with 28% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Virginia Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $2 VA peers
#12 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM.
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